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The Star
18-05-2025
- Politics
- The Star
Estonia says Russia detained a tanker in Baltic Sea
FILE PHOTO: Estonia's Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna speaks during a press conference after a meeting of the Foreign ministers from the member countries of the Nordic-Baltic Eight, NB8, at the island of Bornholm, Denmark, Tuesday April 29, 2025. The member countries in the NB8 cooperation are the three Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as well as the five Nordic countries Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark . Ritzau Scanpix/Thomas Traasdahl via REUTERS/File Photo TALLINN (Reuters) -Russia detained a Greek-owned oil tanker on Sunday after it left an Estonian Baltic Sea port, the Estonian Foreign Ministry said, adding that it had alerted NATO allies to the incident. The Liberia-flagged ship Green Admire was leaving Sillamae port using a designated navigation channel that crosses Russian territorial waters, the ministry said in a statement. "Today's incident shows that Russia continues to behave unpredictably," said Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna. "I have also informed our Allies of the event." The Green Admire had departed Sillamae port on Saturday 18:40 GMT, and on Sunday afternoon was anchored near Russia's Hogland island, according to Marine Traffic, a website that tracks vessels. The ship was bound for Rotterdam with a load of Estonia's shale oil, said the Estonian Transport Administration. The navigation channel out of Sillamae through Russian territorial waters has been set up under an agreement between Estonia, Finland and Russia to avoid shallows in the Estonian waters, the administration said. Vessels sailing into and out of the port will now be guided through Estonian territorial waters, it added. The Baltic has seen confrontations at sea over what NATO countries have described as Russian efforts to evade sanctions and sabotage undersea cables and pipelines. On Thursday, Estonia said Russia had sent a fighter jet into NATO airspace over the Baltic Sea after an attempt to stop a Russia-bound tanker thought to be part of a so-called 'shadow fleet' used by Moscow to evade sanctions. (Reporting by Andrius Sytas; Editing by Philippa Fletcher and Peter Graff)
Straits Times
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
Estonia says Russia detained a tanker in Baltic Sea
FILE PHOTO: Estonia's Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna speaks during a press conference after a meeting of the Foreign ministers from the member countries of the Nordic-Baltic Eight, NB8, at the island of Bornholm, Denmark, Tuesday April 29, 2025. The member countries in the NB8 cooperation are the three Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as well as the five Nordic countries Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark . Ritzau Scanpix/Thomas Traasdahl via REUTERS/File Photo TALLINN - Russia detained a Greek-owned oil tanker on Sunday after it left an Estonian Baltic Sea port, the Estonian Foreign Ministry said, adding that it had alerted NATO allies to the incident. The Liberia-flagged ship Green Admire was leaving Sillamae port using a designated navigation channel that crosses Russian territorial waters, the ministry said in a statement. "Today's incident shows that Russia continues to behave unpredictably," said Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna. "I have also informed our Allies of the event." The Green Admire had departed Sillamae port on Saturday 18:40 GMT, and on Sunday afternoon was anchored near Russia's Hogland island, according to Marine Traffic, a website that tracks vessels. The ship was bound for Rotterdam with a load of Estonia's shale oil, said the Estonian Transport Administration. The navigation channel out of Sillamae through Russian territorial waters has been set up under an agreement between Estonia, Finland and Russia to avoid shallows in the Estonian waters, the administration said. Vessels sailing into and out of the port will now be guided through Estonian territorial waters, it added. The Baltic has seen confrontations at sea over what NATO countries have described as Russian efforts to evade sanctions and sabotage undersea cables and pipelines. On Thursday, Estonia said Russia had sent a fighter jet into NATO airspace over the Baltic Sea after an attempt to stop a Russia-bound tanker thought to be part of a so-called 'shadow fleet' used by Moscow to evade sanctions. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Germany's Baerbock warns US of pressuring Ukraine into peace deal
Outgoing German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday called on US President Donald Trump not to force Ukraine into a peace agreement with Russia, after Moscow unilaterally announced a three-day truce for early May. "It cannot be in the interests of one of the world's biggest players, the US, either, to conclude a deal, a pact, that leads to further aggression," Baerbock said on the sidelines of a meeting on ramping up defence in the Baltic region on Denmark's Bornholm island. Ministers from the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8), along with counterparts from Germany, Poland, and France, are meeting in Bornholm to discuss security and cooperation in the Baltic Sea. "We need a reliable, lasting peace," Baerbock said, adding that this was what the Europeans stand for. The German top diplomat also noted recent attacks on data cables in the Baltic Sea, widely attributed to Russia, or the so-called Russian shadow fleet used to circumvent sanctions, as threats to the region. These hybrid attacks showed that Russian President Vladimir Putin wasn't interested in cooperation but in further aggression, Baerbock said. "After three years of war, the announcement of a three-day ceasefire cannot hide the fact that the Russian president has set his sight on our European peace order," she warned. Increased cooperation among Baltic partners was therefore an investment in common security, she added, stressing the importance of strong German leadership to maintain peace in Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday unilaterally declared a three-day ceasefire to last from May 8.
